Month: March 2011

Mets Prospect Chat This Sunday, MMO Live From St. Lucie and Jupiter This Weekend

Mets Prospect Hub Our good friends David and Tejesh from Mets Prospect Hub will be having their final pre-season chat on March 27th between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. The chat is this Sunday and will take place on their site, so mark it down somewhere on your calendars so you don’t forget. If you want to learn more about Mets prospects or have any questions at all regarding the Mets Minor...

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Byrdak Added To 40-Man Roster, Most Likely Only Lefty In Bullpen

The Mets made it official today and announced that southpaw reliever Tim Byrdak has been added to the 40-man roster. Byrdak, 37, will serve as the team’s left-handed relief specialist this season. Last season with the Astros, Byrdak went 2-2 with a 3.49 ERA in 64 relief appearances and held left handed batters to a .213 average. For his career, he has held lefty batters to a .202 batting...

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Mets 2011 Opening Day GFX: Jose Reyes – He’s Baa-aack!!!

Do you think the New York Mets will get the hint if I post not one, but TWO Brand New Jose Reyes Graphics! SPEED KILLS BABY!!! WREAKING HAVOC IS HIS SPECIALTY! After two injury marred seasons, Jose Reyes is as healthy as ever and is bent on proving all the nay-sayers wrong. He’s focused on dispelling the myth that speed is overrated and he is poised for a big season in his walk year....

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Sandy Alderson Conference Call: Items Of Note

Yesterday about a dozen of us were privileged to participate in a conference call with general manager Sandy Alderson. As is usually the case with these types of calls, you learn some new things and gain some new insights into what the front office is thinking and what some of their short and long term plans are. There were a lot of great questions asked that covered a variety of topics and it...

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Mike O’Connor Sent To Minor League Camp

  As reported by Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal this morning, Mike O’Connor was sent to Mets minor league camp. The bullpen is continuing to be shaped out, and the lone two lefties that still remain in the contest are Tim Byrdak, who also has a clause that states if he isn’t on the 40 man roster by today, March 25th then he can opt out to free agency and the...

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